Almost a year.

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In this coming month, my stockman that Dan, Grand High Muckba of The Cult, gifted me this great lightly sprung knife, will be a year with me. Over the past year, it's been a 95% edc, augmented on occasion with a SAK or once in a while for black tie events, replaced with a Sardinian resolza. The patina has developed a nice ever changing bluish pattern, that seems to change after every apple or BBQ event away from home. The knife has been used for too much to list, from opening boxes and mail, to garden use. It's been down on the shores of the Chesapeake and up in the Shenandoah mountains, doing field kitchen and snack duty, and sharpening hot dog sticks for the young ones.

The zebra wood gets a rub down now and then with a soft rag and oil, buffed up with a clean cloth after. The whole knife has been great, and if I had to pull a Bilbo Baggins and walk out my door with a small pack, I'm sure this knife will be in my pocket. It's defiantly going to be with me when I drive out to California this summer.

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Closeup of blue patina. This leopard does change it's spots.
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Here with my normal EDC. Love the sheep foot blade for general use. Sometimes I substitute the small Leatherman micra that fellow forumite Dave (pinnah) cursed me with by some New England forest hoodoo.
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Traditional and late comer companion.
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Carl, it looks like you found "the knife". It's a beauty! Glad to hear it's working so well for you. I love the nice, thin edge you put on the sheepfoot blade.
 
Jackknife,

That's a great looking knife. Obviously well loved.

What oil do you use on the wood. I've recenly acquired several wood handled knives and need to research some maintenance practices to keep them going.

Also, can u tell more about the knife? I've seen a similar knife on the net before, vintage northwoods in D2? Little over 4" if I recall.

Thanks

Jim
 
onejim said:
Jackknife,

That's a great looking knife. Obviously well loved.

What oil do you use on the wood. I've recenly acquired several wood handled knives and need to research some maintenance practices to keep them going.

Also, can u tell more about the knife? I've seen a similar knife on the net before, vintage northwoods in D2? Little over 4" if I recall.

Thanks

Jim
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Hey Jim, most of the time Iuse a little bit of linseed oil on a rag. Not much, just enough to put a light sheen on the wood while I'm rubbing it in. Then a clean rag to buff with to finish it off. Sems to work well, as the knife has seen it's share of wet days. Between April and october we spend a good deal of time in some kind of small boat. Canoe, rowboat, sail boat, bat crabbing boat of family members down on Maryland's eastern shore. The blades get wiped down with a dry cloth(bandana) daily, with a mineral oil wipe once in a while.

I'm not really sure just what steel is in the blades. I heard from one source that Queen made these for Northwoods, and another source said yes, Queen made them, but they did the blades of 1095. If they did 1095, they took it up on the RC because they sure hold a good edge, and are a little bit difficult to sharpen. When I got the knife, it had Queen's famous (or infamous, depending on how you look at it,) thick edge bevels. It took me a while to thin out the edges for nice slicing. But like I said, sure holds a very very good edge!

The knife is just a tad, tiny bit of a smidgeon, under 4 inches. Maybe 3 7/8th plus a tiny scoosh! It feels smaller than it it because of the very trim design. Hope that helps.
 
Glad to see that beautiful knife working out for you, Carl! It sounds like from the 20 something years you carried your Buck, it really seems fitting to be carrying a stockman again. Do you ever reach into your pocket hoping to find your peanut and get surprised when that northwoods is in its place?
 
Great post, jacknife. If you're only going to carry one folding knife, the stockman gives all the right options, imo.

And hereafter, "Pulling a Bilbo" has been entered into my lexicon. :D
 
Smithhammer said:
Great post, jacknife. If you're only going to carry one folding knife, the stockman gives all the right options, imo.

And hereafter, "Pulling a Bilbo" has been entered into my lexicon. :D
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Yes, we may now require a "Pulling a Bilbo" thread.
 
That's a grand looking stockman Jackknife! Now when I get a new wood traditional for Christmas I'll have to add zebra wood to the competition.
 
Finding a knife that satisfying and useful would be a remarkable achievement , but being given it is all the more intoxicating!:cool:

The wood suits the patina, suits the shield, suits the hand that uses it evidently! Contentment karma itself:D:thumbup::thumbup:

Regards, Will
 
Great team you got there Carl :thumbup:
 
Trapper92 said:
Glad to see that beautiful knife working out for you, Carl! It sounds like from the 20 something years you carried your Buck, it really seems fitting to be carrying a stockman again. Do you ever reach into your pocket hoping to find your peanut and get surprised when that northwoods is in its place?
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I've thought about that many times.

For the 25 years I carried a Buck 301, and the other 5 years I carried a Buck 303, that's almost half my knife carrying life spent with a stockman. A couple years playing with sodbusters, and then several years with a peanut in my pocket, it seems a weird twist of fate to be back with a stockman again.

But no, I don't expect to feel the peanut, I've gotten so used to the smooth shape of the stockman. But I do have to admit that at times I miss my little peanut. Especially when the cult shows some more good photos like Mark's well aging 'nut in the hand worn chestnut bone. I get jealous, and wish my old arthritic fingers could deal with it, but I know I'm bnetter off with the stockman. It's like it was made for me, and I still don't really know how Dan got them to make the springs light like that. But now, for better or worse, it's become "my" knife. Once in a while I carry another of my now few pieces, but the Northwoods stockman is going to be the one I finish up with. Probably be in my pocket when I have the big vapor lock!:eek::D
 
Congrats on the impending anniversary of you and your Northwoods, Carl! :)
I've seen photos of the knife many times in the past, and it was informative to read more details about the knife and your relationship to it. :thumbup::thumbup:

- GT
 
That knife is wearing great, it looks better now than one does new:thumbup:
 
Congrats on the anniversary! (BTW, just yesterday I went to the place you recommended about 30 min north of you, and had a great time. Came away with a red alox Cadet - my first.)
 
The Stockman is my #1 favorite. If I had to choose ONE pocket knife I'd reach for my #66 Stockman in blood red bone.

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